Episode 125

The Cleveland Guardians Betting Scandal: "Betting scandals in every sport now are starting to kinda just become, oh, there's another one."
— Shane Mercer [00:03:10 → 00:03:15]

Ohio Governor Calls for Ban on Player Props Amid Scandal: "The evidence that prop betting is harming athletics in Ohio is reaching critical mass. The harm to athletes and the integrity of the game is clear, and the benefits are not worth the harm. The prop betting experiment in this country has failed badly."
— Shane Mercer [00:04:32 → 00:04:50]

The True Cost of Cheating in Sports: "If players are risking, you know, a couple of game suspension, then maybe they look at it and they're like, maybe it is. But you're talking about, you know, if if the punishment is much more severe like a lifetime ban, for example, you know, like, on the sort of way opposite end of the spectrum. You know, they might think twice before, engaging in something like that, especially in a market as you sort of rightly point out, that is probably low liquidity, probably doesn't have a huge handle, and, you know, who's making the bets make it worth it for those players. Right?"
— Shane Mercer [00:08:23 → 00:09:06]

Blockbuster Sports Media Deal: "This is a blockbuster deal between ESPN and the NFL. So the league is selling off its media properties, NFL Network, and I think more importantly for at least for me, and I think for many of our our, audience members out there, this includes NFL RedZone, which is just, like, one of the best sports products there is that I think exists out there."
— Shane Mercer [00:10:51 → 00:11:15]

The Future of Sports Streaming: "I can't stand all this rights bullshit that we talk about on this show where the NFL isn't like, hey. You know, well, I guess they gave YouTube TV the, the rights to whatever well, Sunday ticket. Right? Yeah. But it's like, hey. You know, we're we're giving you the the rights to this portion of our product."
— Andrew Pace [00:13:31 → 00:13:54]

How Sports Bettors Watch the Game First: "I cut the check for my down payment on my condo, which was, again, all betting profits. So I'm in a very fortunate position to be able to do this, but withdrawing that kind of money from my account was just absolutely wild."
— Andrew Pace [00:14:45 → 00:16:06]

Upgrading Home Betting Tech: "But I'm getting a satellite installed on my patio. So, and that will be wired in with coax. So, that'll be an interesting journey to see if it's faster, slower."
— Andrew Pace [00:16:38 → 00:16:46]

The Dark Side of Responsible Gambling Tools: "The auto logout feature is specifically designed for winning players to, number one, get frustrated, for losing players to get frustrated, to put people on tilt, to bother them, to put them in a situation where maybe it's a little bit harder to get to make a bet. That impacts your mental state and can cause you to make bad decisions."
— Andrew Pace [00:21:23 → 00:22:16]

Why Sportsbooks Limit Your Access to Information: "It's because the more information that you have as a sports bettor, the more likely it is that you make informed, responsible, and even potentially profitable decisions."
— Andrew Pace [00:23:18 → 00:23:27]

The Limits of Following Profitable Bettors: "If you're somehow able to follow me on SX and never need to place a bet again yourself, I don't think you'd be getting all the live or even any of the live bets that I take."
— Andrew Pace [00:38:04 → 00:38:13]

The Reality of Sports Betting Wins and Losses: “All time tells a different story. It shows, obviously, a tremendous amount of profit, but it shows a lot of reality, as well."
— Andrew Pace [00:43:42 → 00:43:49]

Late Line Movement in CFL Betting: "We see it just a lot ton of late line movement typically on the favorites in the CFL as people actually finally start betting it right before the game starts."
— John Wilson [00:47:42 → 00:47:50]

NFL Scores and Key Numbers: "4 is pretty common now in the NFL. It's just not so much common in college and in CFL. NFL has a much, more clustered distribution around those two, three, and four numbers than the other the other leagues do."
— John Wilson [00:54:05 → 00:54:18]

Hidden Value in CFL Betting: "I think there's actually even more value on these money lines from a likelihood that it happens relative to, like, what this what the line is indicating."
— John Wilson [00:57:08 → 00:57:16]